Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-30
A CLOSE CALL.
'Cabriolet" Has An Awful Experience
In an Abyssinisn Tonsorial JOINT,
in This City.
4 Muiatto As-niiant and His Cool Des-
P-rati"n-Ns Everyday ENp~ri@n""
Graphical, Told b, Victim
and - sufferer.

sketch appeared In paper Of which
think not a single copy iS nov in existence
nm, , ,,r,oI,yi,. :, ,,tav n, ,h. r.,uss, ,
several i'''i'''S' ",i'se h'''''' l c"''''o' "
TINS moment recall IL was written ava
back in the early days, before my nam,
had become household and barn-yart word
Hen. !, is.
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WV WV '''' '''' '' VT INV wv
other day IN the White barber shop where
have my features peeled and | was in a bil
hurry. In a moment Of recklrSsnesS whicl
will always loum like a Specter in my holy
past. | went into co!orrd Shampo,
Joint an High street, and indicated by
an expressive gesture that court was in ses
sion.
My aSsailant was young mulatto oi
about -, with breath eloquent of recent
straight and Wild attempt at shir,
that ought to have been Staked on and
| surveyed by an engineer under the existing
| land laws.
On reflection, believe that shirt was al
| most unit for publication. There was \
| general air about II that betokened the
| alien Ia the laundry. An embrandt sketch
| in amber ornainented the bosom. break
! fast egg was blooming like memory on
the left cum. and the sleeves were more Or
less implicated in scheme to look like a
war map. There hung about the garment
vague and indeScribable "dor in which
faded smells oi goose grease, bay-rum,
persplratlon and other sweets OF barbtr
shop mingled IN bewitching bouquet that
would have almost turned grlndstOne. TO
say nothing of stomach. don't want to
speak dlsrespect'niiy OF this young hair
allrutator: ont ne si"h III need of
chahse "i iiiieh ana pain As many a. sev-
eiai-
threw hiNseit III the ciiair, extended my
Iegs so that my 'eet We're lost in am per
NpecuNe. iaio oacE my mead untli The
Adam apple overlooked the nose. and
t"ld hiih 10 deal gently win the errlng one.
By the way. my race Is rs tender "a
ch'cken,s s. ana bieeds almost II you look al
H. attempted 10 convey tfis Idea To the
gentleman win the superiuillai shlri lie
SAID yassah' ana fiShed ny out OF the
hair-oil wlthout looking al me- linen he
tucked towel with an early history down
my hech' licked piece OF yellow soap IN
""i tlii irothed' ana u'eh began
I" Iatlef me win an ABANDON
,nat On IL teiiZes Siiiaii poy.
n''cheI "l Wii'ewash ana eisnteeh yards "i
SiN-r't renee ne "anoeN IL Oh 10 my
features nilt'i II got up my nose ana DO wn
lhto my thr"N. fhaily gnrgied Time,
ana decided he round IN MS taNor. eN-
piaiiha 10 MN that dio hot com" III 10 gel
my l'aiate shaihlooen. as he seemed t
iniih, put sihpiy l" ger shaved. lie iiked
.nis pitce vi luIiot. ne "leheu ms mouth
10 uesiee SUCH 'iia' l sot so"d n'si2ht
l,"o MS "'sp"si.ioii anu ciiaracter. lie e'i-
usht's appieSiaeeu i9ii' Ior he uioPpeu me
-" VIZ" h"Phiii an" coiitheiice"so 10 encore
1he "noie Pi"ee's VIII a""e" en'iilsi-
aSh.
Saiu 10 MN 'ilat "ouid iathef he
Mouiun se. any Nap Oh my coiIa. a
moment ia'e, ! feeretpeu the SPEECH in II
>"hPi, .aiieu HIS a''ehtioii to tiai uhiofiu-
ha'e aIticIe oi my apparei. otirrWlSe II
hiisht nave escaped MS aesigh>' ana sot "ii
eaSiei' A. WAY ne >iapPtsi iathef upon
tiia' poor iIaii heVh-iei"e uht'i IL was re-
ducru !" pup ana cluilg 1" my neck ior
prottFtl"h IN way that was pitiab'r. ntiii,
iie s"u'.- "iaii "itii tl'r Iei,iote shiit' phe'
soap on my paie' hish-prea iaoe. i closed
my eyes; iil'l'terea prayer, thoIsht oi NV
l'a>'' anu t'>"iNe" l" uie like man ana
'ri '>'iah,
, many ne '""h i"iioi MY nose oeiweeil ;
his scented ,hnihp ana lore nheer. stirE MS
INFERIOR oIst I'M" my eye ana turned nv
iieau 10 one s'ue, ihrh ne puiien o9t
Iah'f' waved II 'hf"atehihgiy over an onHo-
- ,">l''h'ei iilh h"iig "elec'e'Hs 'nhh
tne cii'ni; 'ila>1Nn II! "n my hose anu I'M"
NV NV ni'',u' "'''' "es"h !" pan "n NY o"'"f
'P1c"i t' ms.
iheie was no rrietee n.t was no' over
w" minutes p1iore i,rst pio"a was declared
IT.! MS sue. ne haa pauseu moment 10
gaze aohiiiihgs AT ms iehec'ioh IN the
'o"hiiis siass' anu iai si'ceu c"'ie' oh "i
your huiliole >eFNaht.
Now. II there Is one thing 1 STAND III nor